Jar cover



March 10. 1925.

WITNESS W 1,529,521 w. WESTENDORF JAR COVER Filed March 19, 1924 MIL/I'M WESTL'IYDORF INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM. WESTENDORF, OF TABZENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA.

JAR COVER.

Application and Irma 19, 1924. ,Serial No. 700,418.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM lVEs'rEN- Donn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tarentum, in the county of Al- 6 legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Imfprovements in- One of the main objects of the inventionv is to provide a device of simple construction and operation which may be readily applied to a jar such as the Mason jar ordinarily used for preserving and similar purposes which is provided with an exterior-1y threaded neck and an outer annular shoulder adjacent to the lower end of the neck. A further object is to provide a device of this character which may be readily applied in such manner as to efl'ectually prevent leakage of the contents of the jar when poured therefrom, this device being readily produced at small cost. Further objects will ap car from the detail description.

11 the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied; Figure 2 is a section through the upper portion of the device.

, The device is intended to be used in connection with a jar A provided at its upper end with a. reduced exteriorly threaded neck a adjacent to the lower end of which is provided an outwardly projecting shoulder a. The device includes a collar 1 of sheet metal which is provided with grooves forming threads for reception of the threads on neck a, collar 1 being thus adapted to be threaded onto and off of the neck of the jar. At its upper end collar 1 is provided with a reduced neck 2 which is connected to collar 1 by an inwardly projecting shoulder 3 between which and the neck a of jar A is positioned a packing ring or gasket 4 of rubber or other suitable material, collar 1 being threaded onto neck a so as to cause shoulder 3 to press tightly against gasket 4. This provides a fluid-tight closure which efi'ectually prevents leakage of liquid poured from jar A between collar 1 and the neck of the jar. Neck 2 of the collar is formed to provide an integral pouringspout 5 for convenience in pouring the contents out of the jar. A suitable lid or cover 6 is hingedly mounted at 7 on neck 2 and is normally held in closed position by a spring 8 coiled about hinge pintle 9. For convenience in operat- .ing the cover a tab 10 is secured to and projects from the cover, this tab being so disposed that by depressing the outer end thereof the cover is raised against the action of spring 8. This is a well known construction and need not be further described in detail. A suitable handle or bail 11 is secured to neck 2 of collar 1 in any suitable or preferred manner providing means for carrying the collar and the jar A to which this collar is attached. A downwardly 7 tapering sheet metal boxin or casing 12 is secured to collar land orms therewith ,a pocket .for reception of a ticket or slip upon which may be written the product desired and the amount of the same. This is of great convenience where it is desired to leave a note for the milk man or other parties stating the particular product de sired and the amount thereof.

Collar 1 is secured at its lower end, by soldering or in any other suitable or preferred manner, to a ring 13 provided at the upper end of a substantially U-shaped handle member 14 which is provided, at its lower end, with a ring 15 of proper size to fit snugly about the body of jar A. The two rings and the handle member are formed by bending from a single piece of wire of proper gauge, or other suitable material. and'can therefore be produced at very small cost. When the device is applied to a jar, the rings 13 and 15, together withhandle member 14, provide convenient and efficient means for tilting the jar for pouring the contents therefrom, and the handle and as- 5 sociated parts also provide convenient means for turning the collar 1 tightly onto the jar so as to effect a tight closure between the neck of the jar and shoulder 3 and the packing ring or gasket 4. As will be noted more clearly from Figure 2, member 12 fits snugly about ring 13 in contact therewith so as to prevent upward movement of this ring on collar 1, to a certain extent,'. thus relieving the connections between ring 05 13 and this collar of some of the strains to which this connection would otherwise be subjected.

What I claim is therewith a. pocket, the pocket member ex- In a device vof the character described, a tending about andbein in contact with the collar, a handle member provided at its uprin at the upper end 0% the handle member. 10 per end with a ring fitting about and n testimony whereof I afiix my sigma.- 5 secured to the collar, said member bein ture.

provided at its lower end with a ring, 2mg a member secured to the collar and-forming WILLIAM WESTENDORF. 

